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Akima:
I'm not sure that the men who flew in the B-17s* they show in the background would necessarily have approved. It is ironic that people who presumably think of themselves as some sort of libertarians or anarchists should associate themselves with one of the most effective government-military-industrial mobilisations in human history...
*It was the B-24 that was the Liberator, incidentally. Do these people know no history?
Caspian Sea Monster:
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 May 2013, 03:08 ---*It was the B-24 that was the Liberator, incidentally. Do these people know no history?
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...will you marry me?
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 May 2013, 03:08 ---*It was the B-24 that was the Liberator, incidentally. Do these people know no history?
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As a WWII aviation fanatic who can tell you when a Merlin engine is overhead and who has spent countless hours at airshows, nobody knows shit about fuck. There's only one airworthy B-24 anywhere in the world nowadays anyway. She's a J model and is done up in "The Dragon And His Tail" full-fuselage art.
MillionDollar Belt Sander:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 06 May 2013, 11:59 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 May 2013, 03:08 ---*It was the B-24 that was the Liberator, incidentally. Do these people know no history?
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As a WWII aviation fanatic who can tell you when a Merlin engine is overhead and who has spent countless hours at airshows, nobody knows shit about fuck. There's only one airworthy B-24 anywhere in the world nowadays anyway. She's a J model and is done up in "The Dragon And His Tail" full-fuselage art.
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I find it delightful and ironic that the B-17s... outlasted almost every other wartime bomber design. You don't see much of anything else fly these days... a single example here and there.
Is it cold in here?:
They were not in general built to last. As long as the mean time between disintegrating from poor construction was greater than the mean time between being shot down they were a success for their operational requirements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator
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